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Security researchers hacked the demo version of the European Commission's new age verification app in less than two minutes
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Still a far cry from 'actually ready'.

A 17-year-old Excel vulnerability is currently being exploited by threat actors, and it's been flagged by the US' cyber defence agency
By James Bentley published
News The little exploit that could.

Cybersecurity experts raise the alarm over Windows Recall again: 'The vault door is titanium. The wall next to it is drywall'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Hacking tool supposedly creates "precisely the scenario Microsoft’s architecture is supposed to restrict."

CPUID's download page has been hacked, with its popular processor and PC info tools replaced with links to files containing malware (Update: Fixed)
By Nick Evanson last updated
News Staff at CPUID have reportedly fixed the issue now.

US victims lost nearly $21 billion to cybercrime last year says FBI with crypto and AI 'complaints among the costliest'
By James Bentley published
News A good reason to be even more sceptical of everything you see online.

Two high-rated motherboard security vulnerabilities have been identified in Gigabyte Control Center, so come update your software along with me
By Andy Edser published
News Time for a spring clean.

Web-code library with millions of weekly downloads poisoned by malicious release: 'This is unironically a malware nuclear missile'
By Jacob Fox published
News Developers using Axios are recommended to check for exposure.

Google says it's preparing for the quantum apocalypse, when traditional encryption methods are broken by quantum computers, by 2029—which is much sooner than originally expected
By Andy Edser published
News Well, it's been fun folks. Thanks for all the fish.
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